Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-26
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
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rows must 90.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria are raging In
In Davenport.
Political poultry enjoyed their regular fall
airing last week.
Davenport is advocating the movement OF
prospecting for natural gas.
Burlington claims the commodity OF thir-
teen miles OF street railway.
The first school organized in Iowa was at
Dubuque In the winter OF 1923.
The Western Union Telegraph company
has put In a city ofice at LeMars.
Prof. w. r. Barnard. OF the Drake univer-
sity, Burlington. died suddenly last Sunday.
The coal works 1T Ford are to be transfer
red TO t,e Wnitebreast company, and fne In
dicatl,Fs Fe4at toward a boom for Ford.
The l,s -Four Poultry and Pet Stock asso-
citation Of northwestern Tow viii hold It's hrst
annual show at sheldon, Dec, nber 6. ! and 5
The Palmer house at Burlington has chang
ed hands, tse management passing into the
hands OF Col K. B, Massey, a veteran hotel
man.
The Malvern packing house is preparing
everything In readiness 10 begin work next
week, when they win be prepared to receive
hogs.
TIE government canal ut keokuk ~iu be
kept open this year until the Ice closes 1t, and
not be closed as II formerly has at a specified
date.
The Des loines State Register says the
driven well decision saves iowa over a mil
lion dollars. There are over 10000 wells In
the state.
A thirteen .yesr-old son Of G. HI. Yates, OF
slmo, was thrown from a horse and severely
pjurei Wednesday while In a beastly state OF
intoxicatioA.
An enterprlsIng farmer In the vicinity OF
vsil has already brought to one elevator at
that place over 81, 600 worth of nax seed OF
his own raising.
Prohibit ION is beginning to show evidence
of prohibiting in Waterloo. Five ~ssloonkeep-
ers were Aned $500 and costs each for retailing
liquor In that place.
John Warner, a cook at the Eagle house,
Keokuk, was arrested Sunday on a charge OF
stealing an overcoat, and bound over to the
grand Jury ON a bond Of $500.
The disappearance OF Mrs. McC.!Ltock, Of
Keokuk, has Al oused grave suspicious Of MUIR
der. Her absence has caused an unusual
amount OF interest and excitement.
A glass eater turned up at KeoKuk Tues
day, In the person Of q young boy. Upon a
wager he devoured half a lamp chimney and
seemed to relish 1t as a sweet morsel.
The Anderson Csnnlsg company will erect
A 1c1ltn-a h,,llJfuu ada ptad IN
It's wants at Keokuk. The building will be
100 feet In length and SO feet In width.
The trustees OF the agricultural college at
Ames want m appropriation for q ladies'
hall. The 'fellows'' are anxious to cultivate
and amalgamate the sexes and sciences.
The butchers of Davenport are considerably
stirred ny oyer Phil Armour shipping beef In
there and selling It to their customers at a
lower price than they can afford to sell It.
The city marshal OF Des Moi1es is waging
o crusade against the ~thoughtless people who
choose to utilize the cedar pavement as a
place to burn leaves. he expects to arrest
the hrst v~iolator.
VIM. Cole, q miner working In Keystone
mine No. 8 at Angus, was instantly killed
Wednesday afternoon by a fall OF coal. He
was an Engltsnman, and leaves a wife and
several children.
The Grand Army people at Des Moines,
have made arrangements for a grand excur-
sion to Nsrshalltown on the 30th inst, TO
attend the formal dedication Of the new
soldiers home at that place.
The scarcity Of water at Angus Is becoming
a very distresStng AL air. Wells were sunk to
the depth of more than 100 feet, yet water
cannot be obtained In town, and 1t 10 being
brought.frsm = creek two miles away.
j. III. Booge, an implement dealer of Mason
City, who has been q prominent business man
of Northwestern Iowa, has failed, his liabili-
ties being 90, OCO, and 1t is rumored that he
has sailed for Germany, his native country.
A Creston lover, who addressed a love-
scented epistle to the object OF his affections,
asking the young lady to become his partner
through life, inscribed on one corner OF the
envelope, "Sealed proposal" The result was
he WAS awarded the contract.
Dubuque has q man who HIM
self rs HE Satanic Majesty fresh from the
regions Of the imps and lost souls. He claims
W uIFc bCcu dSoCitCu W IA aihhShNy ~ W
have become chief OF the tribes Of the internal
regions. Regardless OF the lofty position he
holds the police court gave him thirty days.
A reward OF $500 has been offered by Gov
Larrabee TO, the arrest and conviction Of J.
kacalack, the gunsmith OF Fort Dodge, who
is charged with having fred the Clay town
ship farmers barn to cover a surreptitious ex-
change Of horses some time since,
The eAigyant on his way to settle In the far
west, who was married In Dubuque TO the wo.
man whom he had along to take care OF the
children, and who claimed to be q 'widower"
himself, lie wanted In Sank county, Wiscon-
sin, to answer the charge Of bigamy. Justice
Duffy, who married the parties, bss been
written to, but can give no information As to
their whereabouts. He told the justice that
In order to do away with the expense Of pay
Ing for tworooms at hotels, while on their
journey west, hat he had concluded to marry
the girl, as she was ''willin'."
Saturday night John Kelley, living n the
eastern part Of Des Moines, shot his wife, In
ficting q fatal wound. 1t Is claimed that the
shooting Is accidental. For several nights
boys had been annoying the family by throw
ing stones Mt the house. They were doing SO
when Mr.. Kelley secured a revolver and went
ont the back door, intending TO scare them